Septic records

Septic records in Indiana

Where onsite wastewater records are kept in each Indiana county, whether you can search them yourself, and what we hold.

90
counties
90
with a records portal
63
septic companies listed
1,653
records held

Septic companies in Indiana

63 septic and onsite wastewater businesses on record across 16 Indiana counties: pumping, installation, system design, soil evaluation, inspection and repair. Listing is not an endorsement and we take no fee from any of them.

CountyCompaniesExamples
Marion22Acme Plumbing, Drain & Septic, Bio-One of NW Indianapolis, Blair Well & Pump Service
Allen10Drain Doctor, J & S Liquid Waste Services, Reimer Grading and Digging
Morgan5Black Sheep Plumbing, Drain Works, Mike Terry Plumbing and Excavating
Hancock4ARP Plumbing, Davis Excavation, Ges
DeKalb3NLS Hauling & Excavating, Perkins Septic & Drain Service, Poop Dynasty
Hamilton3B K Inspections, Metzier's Mr Plumber, Zoom Drain
Monroe3Affordable Septic, Koons Excavating, Midwest Xcavation
Hendricks2Happy Valley Sand & Gravel, Justin Dorsey Plumbing
Madison2Grider Plumbing, Parr's Enterprises
Montgomery2Neal Excavating, Scott Septic and Portables
Shelby2Day By Day Plumbing, Thin Line Septic Inspections
Boone1Eco Infrastructure Solutions
Delaware1Reed's Plumbing
Huntington1Whitenack Construction & Service
Kosciusko1Shankster Bros
Rush1Environmental Grid Solutions

Septic installation and permitting in Indiana

The sequence is broadly the same across the state, and every step generates a record:

  1. Site and soil evaluation. A designer or licensed evaluator digs test pits or runs a percolation test, logs the soil profile, the depth to seasonal water table and any restrictive layer, and the slope. This determines whether the lot can take a conventional system at all.
  2. Design. Daily design flow comes from bedroom count under state code. That sets tank capacity, and the soil application rate sets drainfield area. The designer picks the dispersal method and lays out setbacks to wells, property lines, surface water and the reserve area.
  3. Permit application. Submitted to the county or district health authority with the design and soil work. This is the document most often held in the county file.
  4. Installation and open inspection. The installer builds the system and it is inspected while still open, before backfill.
  5. As-built and approval. The final drawing showing what was actually built goes into the record. That drawing is what a future owner, pumper or inspector needs.

Repairs and replacements

A failing system follows the same path, but starts from the recorded as-built: the existing tank, field footprint and reserve area constrain what can be built. Which is why pulling the original record is the cheapest first step in any repair.

Buying or selling

Lenders and, in many counties, point-of-transfer rules require an inspection. Inspectors work from the recorded as-built; without it they are probing blind and the inspection costs more and proves less.

How Indiana counties publish records

SystemCounties
portal found, system not yet identified48
no online records system27
a county-built portal5
ArcGIS2
Accela Citizen Access2
other records system2
Laserfiche WebLink1
nextrequest1
a county web portal1
OpenGov1
Free septic design, any parcel in Indiana. Design flow, tank sizing, drainfield area, dispersal method and setbacks, generated from the parcel. Free to generate and view. Start a design

Counties

CountyRecords heldOn septicPortal
Rush168—yes
Miami142—yes
Huntington137—yes
Blackford125—yes
Ohio113—yes
Shelby76—yes
Daviess71—yes
Dearborn65—yes
Morgan58—yes
Delaware54—yes
LaGrange48—yes
Warrick34—yes
Boone33—yes
Porter32—yes
DeKalb30—yes
Wayne28—yes
Hendricks26—yes
Wells24—yes
Parke23—yes
Floyd21—yes
Lawrence21—yes
Ripley20—yes
Perry19—yes
Decatur18—yes
Cass16—yes
Johnson15—yes
Fayette14—yes
Gibson14—yes
Greene14—yes
Harrison14—yes
Kosciusko14—yes
St. Joseph13—yes
Clark12—yes
Grant12—yes
Madison10—yes
Posey9—yes
Whitley9—yes
Clinton8—yes
Wabash8—yes
Bartholomew7—yes
Henry7—yes
Jasper7—yes
Newton7—yes
Noble7—yes
Jay5—yes
Marshall5—yes
Montgomery5—yes
Fountain4—yes
Franklin4—yes
Union4—yes
Steuben3—yes
Vigo3—yes
Hancock2—yes
Orange2—yes
Vermillion2—yes
Benton1—yes
Brown1—yes
Jackson1—yes
Marion1—yes
Pike1—yes
Pulaski1—yes
Putnam1—yes
Spencer1—yes
Tipton1—yes
Vanderburgh1—yes
White1—yes
Adams——yes
Allen——yes
Carroll——yes
Clay——yes
Dubois——yes
Elkhart——yes
Fulton——yes
Hamilton——yes
Jefferson——yes
Jennings——yes
Knox——yes
LaPorte——yes
Lake——yes
Martin——yes
Monroe——yes
Owen——yes
Randolph——yes
Scott——yes
Starke——yes
Sullivan——yes
Switzerland——yes
Tippecanoe——yes
Warren——yes
Washington——yes